- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Since I'm too tired to go through the book and pull out quotes, heres something from HBO (which is a very reliable source for info on the Halo story) - The modern Spartan program (in contrast to its ancient Greek counterpart) was initiated in 2491, an element of the ORION project. Though not much is known about the first generation of warriors (their training, augmentation, goals, etc.), they were successful enough to garner the necessary consent for a second phase, aptly named SPARTAN II.
[Edited on 7/29/2004 5:14:27 AM]